To celebrate Italian-American Heritage Month, we have put together a list of great reads by Italian-American authors and celebrating their heritage. 

Italian Louisiana
By Alan G. Gauthreaux

Though the Italian contribution to Louisiana’s culture is palpable and celebrated, at one time ethnic Italians were constantly embroiled in scandal, sometimes deserved and sometimes as scapegoats. The new immigrants hoped that they would be welcomed and see for themselves the “streets paved with gold.” Their new lives, however, were difficult. Author and historian Alan Gauthreaux” “documents the experience of those Italians who arrived in Louisiana over one hundred years ago.